Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are five lawsuits involving payers posted by Becker's Hospital Review in the past month.

Here are 10 updates on Anthem's recent contract negotiations, coverage decisions and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in the past few months.

University of Louisville (Ky.) may not need a $50 million loan from the state to buy Jewish Hospital and its affiliated entities, despite previous assertions that the deal would be impossible without financial assistance, according to local news station WDRB.

Pineville (Ky.) Community Healthcare received a $7 million takeover bid, but the hospital ended up selling for less than half that amount, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Emory Healthcare Network, based in Atlanta, is adding Columbus, Ga.-based St. Francis Hospital physicians and providers to its clinically integrated network.

Contract negotiations between Jasper, Ind.-based Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have stalled, according to The Herald. 

The University of Louisville's top executive faced harsh questioning Sept. 9 from Kentucky lawmakers over the school's plan to take over a financially struggling health system with help from the state, according to the Louisville Business Journal.

While a bankruptcy judge in Delaware approved the sale of shuttered Hahnemann University Hospital's residency program, physicians from the system's children's hospital rallied in Philadelphia for a nonprofit buyer.

A bankruptcy court judge ruled Sept. 5 that a group of six health systems in the Philadelphia area can buy Hahnemann University Hospital's residency program for $55 million, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

Now that site neutrality is on everyone’s mind, Avanza is regularly called upon by hospitals and health systems to assist in converting provider-based entities, i.e., hospital outpatient department (HOPD), to freestanding, and often joint-ventured, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs).